Un-Billable Hour: Business Management Strategies for the Busy Lawyer Around the Community Table
Sep 22, 2026 · 44 min · 20 segments
In this episode, a little about production and a little about you. When you sit down at your desk, are you doing billable legal work – the real work – or are you doing administrative tasks? Guest…
Gina CotnerGuestChristopher T. AndersonHostFolks, for the owner in the center of the triangle, this show, I think, might have made you a little uncomfortable because being the owner is the one thing you actually cannot delegate.
And they can't hold themselves accountable to a standard that only exists in your head.
So what Gina's been talking about, what this show's been about, is not a productivity technique, it's not a trick, it's a trade.
And to get back a business that produces results without you in every seat, pulling every or pushing every button.
When you are not buried in the minutia, when you're doing 10 hours, 15 hours a week like Gina, you got the most control you've ever had because you can finally see.
So if this conversation made you think of one specific thing that you're still doing that somebody on your team should own and you feel you're self-driven to explain why that can't be, That's the thinking you should be doing.
Folks, for the owner in the center of the triangle, this show, I think, might have made you a little uncomfortable because being the owner is the one thing you actually cannot delegate.
And they can't hold themselves accountable to a standard that only exists in your head.
So what Gina's been talking about, what this show's been about, is not a productivity technique, it's not a trick, it's a trade.
And to get back a business that produces results without you in every seat, pulling every or pushing every button.
When you are not buried in the minutia, when you're doing 10 hours, 15 hours a week like Gina, you got the most control you've ever had because you can finally see.
So if this conversation made you think of one specific thing that you're still doing that somebody on your team should own and you feel you're self-driven to explain why that can't be, That's the thinking you should be doing.
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